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. 2014 Jul 15;2014:243713. doi: 10.1155/2014/243713

Table 3.

Association of TLRs and adaptor molecules gene polymorphisms with susceptibility to malaria or pathology in human.

TLRs/
adaptors
SNPs Association Region Ref.
TLR1 S248N
rs4833095
Placental malaria and anemia Ghana [113]
I602S Susceptibility to malaria infection Amazon [114]

TLR2 Δ22 No association with serum cytokines (TNF, IFN-γ, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10) levels Uganda [115]
Susceptibility to cerebral malaria
GTn No association with serum cytokines (TNF, IFN-γ, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10) levels
No association with cerebral malaria

TLR4 D299G
rs4986790
No association with susceptibility to malaria infection Burundi, Amazon, Ghana, Iran [114, 116118]
No association with risk of placental malaria Ghana [118]
Maternal anemia
Severe malaria [119]
T399I No association with mild malaria Iran [116]
Severe malaria Ghana [119]

TLR6 S249P Susceptibility to mild malaria Amazon [114]

TLR9 G1174A
rs352139
No association with susceptibility to malaria infection Burundi [117]
Susceptibility to mild malaria Ghana [120]
Level of parasitemia
No association with serum TNFα level Uganda [121]
No association with serum IFN-γ level in mild malaria children
Level of serum IFN-γ level in CM children
T1237C
rs5743836
No association with susceptibility to malaria infection Ghana, Iran [116, 118, 120]
No association with disease severity Ghana [119]
No association with placental malaria [118]
Susceptibility to malaria infection Burundi [117]
Level of parasitemia Amazon, Ghana [114, 120]
No association with serum TNFα level Uganda [121]
No association with serum IFN-γ level in mild malaria children
Level of serum IFN-γ level in CM children
T1486C
rs187084
No association with susceptibility to malaria infection Burundi, Ghana, Iran [116118, 120]
No association with disease severity Ghana [119]
No association with placental malaria [118]
No association with level of parasitemia [120]
Level of parasitemia Amazon [114]
G2848A
rs352140
No association with level of parasitemia Ghana [120]
Susceptibility to mild malaria infection

TIRAP S180L
rs8177374
No association with susceptibility to malaria or severity of infection Burundi, Amazon [114, 117]
Mild malaria and severe malaria Gambia,
Vietnam, Kenya
[122]
Mild malaria Iran [116]

CM: cerebral malaria; Δ22: 22 base pair deletion in the first untranslated exon; GTn: GT dinucleotide repeat in the second intron; mild malaria: patients suffer fever with temperature greater than or equal to 38°C, malaise, muscular pain, headache, and parasite load greater than or equal to 5000 parasite/ul of blood; severe malaria: patients who suffer anaemia, prostration, respiratory distress, convulsions, and/or impaired consciousness; cerebral malaria (CM): patients who experience coma with P. falciparum on blood smear and have no other cause for coma.